I will start by saying that I do not like these cars to begin with, so there is some slant in my perspective right off the bat. But I gotta say...as a USMC veteran, it truthfully HURTS me that I gave years of my life in service and defense of people who will actually buy this car and/or like this commercial. If ever there was proof of the utter lack of perspective that some people in this country of mine are afflictwd with, it is the existence of this commercial. What depressing drivel. Makes me want to take the oil from my next changing, dump it on the first prius I see, and write in the smear on their windshield, "go back to France!"

 

this thread is no good without a link to said commercial.... not that I would watch it anyway but it would be good

 

That commercial makes me want to punch people in the taint.

 

I saw the commercial. That Prius guy desperately needs a punch in the head.

 

commercials of prius cars don't really do it for me, but the prius c is going to be a great car for what it is. Small hybrid great starting price of around 18,000, and does around 50mpgs city\hwy! Will give the compact car segment some competition with more and more people looking for small cars with the best mpg you can get.

 

now thats a reaction!

need a link

 

It's the way of the future. Don't fight it. Just let it happen.

 

Yes. People who take their dogs for acupuncture probably would drive a Prius.

 

But I'm a resister

 

I think the british said that once.

 

Yes by all means let it happen. Let the 'dependence on foreign oil' be replaced with 'dependence on foreign rare earths' for batteries. And let the ground water be poisoned by battery disposal so the last 40 years of efforts at clean water are reversed.

 

I never said I wanted it to happen. Just saying its probably going to.

 

http://youtu.be/fGcmy2ckOao
Sure as hell isn't happening with any help from me.

 

It's good to see someone mentioning this.

"A large-scale shift from coal-fired electric power plants and gasoline-fueled cars to wind turbines and electric vehicles could increase demand for two already-scarce rare earth elements (REE)—dysprosium and neodymium, available almost exclusively in China—by 600-2,600 percent over the next 25 years, according to a new study published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology...."

http://www.greencarcongress.com/2012...-20120309.html

...not to mention, hybrids and EV's do absolutely nothing to reduce or eliminate emissions...

Electric cars have been heralded as environmentally friendly, but findings from University of Tennessee, Knoxville, researchers show that electric cars in China have an overall impact on pollution that could be more harmful to health than gasoline vehicles.

http://www.utk.edu/tntoday/2012/02/1...sions-harmful/

Yeah, the Keystone pipeline and domestic oil are the problem.

 

Most of the US Foreign imported oil comes from Canada

http://205.254.135.7/dnav/pet/pet_mo...im0_mbbl_m.htm

And the nickel for the Battery also comes from Canada

 

Thank you, Canada! If we aren't going to use our own stuff, I'd rather we get it from our friends to the north!

 

mined in canada and turned into batteries in china..

 

Canada...America's hat!

 

If North America were prison, America would be Canada's b***h, because they're bigger and on top.

 

I wonder if that would hold up for the US as well which has a better standards for powerplant emissions?

It would be interesting to see since the one of the reason greenies push the hybrid/full electric agenda so hard is due to the reduction on point of source emissions in cities and such?

On the flip side (this was something you showed me Marv) in 2017 or so all ICE powered vehicles will require an particulate emssions trap similar to what is required for diesels now.